Thanks
to Mark Fisher, Dayton Daily News for blogging about "The letter
that Wine Spectator did not publish" about mid-west and Kinkead
Ridge wine. Click here.
Feedback to NBentley@kinkeadridge.com.

Thursday
September 22. First harvest, Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, Chardonnay
and Pinot Blanc. Sadly, the rain came in four hours early, and we were
picking in the rain. We will have a vivid weather memory of this
vintage!

Wednesday
September 27. Second pick: Riesling. A much nicer day! Here's
Marshmallow the cat keeping an eye on things!

A
HUGE thank you to everyone who visited us on Labor Day weekend, it was
our biggest day ever! Many of you travelled long distances for the red
wine release, from Dayton, Columbus, Indiana, Kentucky, and Chillicothe,
as well as Cincinnati. And thanks to Chuck Martin and the Cincinnati
Enquirer for rating our vineyard opening as one of the Top Ten things to
do on Labor Day weekend! If anyone has photos from the vineyard tour,
we'd love to see them!

For
those of you lucky enough to get the artisan bread from Mark and Chef
Sara: you can contact them at 859-992-8181 to order. They live in
Williamsburg.

New releases on
the left. These will be entered in the November American Wine
Society competition. Last year's medals on the right.

September
2006
Kinkead Ridge featured in Our Ohio, "Ohio River Valley's Wine
Resurgence". If anyone has a spare copy, we would LOVE to have
it. Our address is Kinkead Ridge Winery, 904 Hamburg Street, Ripley
OH 45167. Click here
for this wonderful story.

August
2006
Kinkead Ridge featured in TheWineBuzz,
available at fine wine stores and restaurants throughout Ohio.

See this
wonderful full page advertisement in October Ohio and Cincinnati
Magazine.

For
the first time, Kinkead Ridge had a float in the Ripley Festival Parade!
Thanks to Alexandra, Judy, Travis and Nicole for a great job! In New
Orleans, they throw beads; Alexandra threw grape flavored candy.

Our
farm was a tobacco farm for at least 30 years, maybe more. Someday, we
hope wine grapes will replace tobacco (no longer subsidized by the
federal government) as the crop of choice in Brown County. When tobacco
became profitable, it replaced wine grapes, which were widespread for a
long time in the 1800s before Prohibition. So we've come full
circle. For those of you who are not familiar with the process,
this is the time of year when tobacco is cut, speared, put on tobacco
sticks and hung in the many tobacco barns that dot the area. The tobacco
is "in case" which means the humidity is perfect so the leaves
won't crumble when you hang them up. It's hard work. The siding out the
tobacco barn has slits so that air can get to the leaves; and there are
also doors that swing out to allow more air. These guys are way way up
off the ground when they are hanging the tobacco on the top rails. If
you come to Ripley, the Tobacco Museum is a very interesting place. Here
are some photos:

The
wagon on the way to the back tobacco barn

Continuing
to the back barn

Deb and
her daughter unload the trailer

Deb
transfers some sticks to the guys who are up in mid-air on the rails.

Deb's
daughter.

Tobacco
hanging.

Straddling
the rails, way above the ground, hanging the tobacco.

We
celebrated Ron's 59th birthday with friends at Nectar, Chef Julie
Frances' new restaurant in Mt. Lookout. Every course was fabulous!

The
2005 Bordeaux blend white Revelation (84 cases produced), 2005 Riesling and the 2003
Cabernet Sauvignon are now sold out
at the winery. We still have
the lovely 2005 Viognier/Roussanne blend and the 2005 Traminette.

BernardPortet, the founding winemaker of Clos Du Val in the Napa Valley
and of Domaine Nizas in France says this about the 2004
Viognier/Roussanne:

"Finally
did I find the opportunity to open up your bottle of Viognier-Roussanne
with a couple of friends and then with John Clews, the VP, Director of
Vineyard and Winery Operations of Clos Du Val. I did like it very much.
I did find it very fragrant but not shouting “Viognier” all over the
place, elegant, with plenty of charm. Balanced and equally elegant and
charming palate. Much of the character of its aroma could be found in
its taste. There was a great balance of fullness, freshness, and good
complexity, along with a good finish. Definitely a very enjoyable wine.
John did concur with the above. Congratulations!

"

1290 WHIO
radio interview with the winegrower, Dayton, noon. Clickhere
and
select the Kinkead Ridge show to listen to the audio. MANY
thanks to Dorothy Lane Markets for giving us the opportunity to share
our story.

Kinkead Ridge wine and recipes will be featured in the upcoming
"Ohio Food and Farms: From Garden Gate to Dinner Plate" by
Marilou Suzsko. Marilou is a regular contributor to the Cleveland
Plain Dealer Food Section, the Sunday Magazine and Feast.

"Why go for those long distance relationships when you can find
love in your own back yard."

If
you have tasted our wines and would like to write a mini-review, e-mail
them to NBentley@KinkeadRidge.com. Have you taken our wine on the road?
Send us a photo! We'll publish your comments and photos on the
Testimonials page.

Brillat
Savarin noted two features which distinguish man from beast:
1. Fear of the future.
2. Desire for fermented liquors.

Words on Wine:
Famous quotes throughout history about wine. Click here.

Funny
drinking quotes:

"Sometimes
when I reflect back on all the wine I drink
I feel shame. Then
I look into the glass and think
about the workers in the vineyards and all
of their hopes
and dreams If I didn't drink this wine, they
might be out
of work and their dreams would be shattered.
Then I say
to myself, "It is better that I drink
this wine and let their
dreams come true than be selfish and worry
about my liver."
~ Jack Handy